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Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Sun, 5 Apr 2026 12:04:27 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 04/05/2026 16:04

EXPLANATION: WHAT IS THIS LOG??? Go here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=571094#571094

For my criteria page, go here: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15503

To visit my Main lists, go here:
Greatest Classical Music Works: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15098
Greatest Albums (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15276
Greatest Songs/Tracks/Movements: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15246
Greatest Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15558
Greatest Paintings, Sculpture and Architecture: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15560
Greatest Works of Art: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16117

Various (in progress) genre lists, listed in order of how recently I've worked on them:
Best Action/Adventure Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=749761#749761
Best Comedy Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=748991#748991
Greatest Literature: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=691617#691617
Best Teen and/or Coming of Age Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=683219#683219
Best Gangster and/or Hood Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=682513#682513
Best Editing/Structure in Film History: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=667443#667443
Best Visuals (Color) / Best Visuals (Black and White): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=666231#666231
Best Horror Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=656102#656102
Best Hip Hop/R & B/Soul/Funk Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=650323#650323
Best Animated Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=647884#647884
Best Comic Book/Superhero Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=646189#646189

Bold = Newly added
Bold + Italics = Was already listed but recently upgraded/downgraded

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 3-30-26 - 4-12-26
Strasbourg Cathedral

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington DC)

Houses of Parliament, London

Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)

The Gates of Hell - Auguste Rodin (1889 "Expressionist" Version; Unfinished, revised between two main versions, 1880-1917; Bronze cast 1926-1928) [Sculpture]

Salisbury Cathedral

The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902) / Secession Building, Vienna, Austria [Painting]

St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (Original design and began construction of central Greek Cross plan: 1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Revised plan and construction with updated Greek Cross design heavily informing the final result less the later addition of Maderno's Nave and Facade; revision and main design of the central Dome: 1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (Revised to Latin Cross plan with addition of central Nave; addition of Facade: 1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Revision of St. Peter's Square, addition of Colonnade: 1656 - 1667) (Building completed and opened by 1626; various revisions and additions thereafter) / Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Architecture, including Structural Sculpture]

The Starry Night - Vincent van Gogh (1889) [Painting]

Chartres Cathedral - Master of Chartres (Anonymous French Architect) (early phase of construction from 1120s - circa 1165, with only the crypt, towers and West Facade surviving a fire of 1194; thereafter the main Gothic structure as currently seen was largely established structurally from 1194 - 1221; further completion and details from circa 1221 - circa 1250 with consecration in 1260; various modifications and additions thereafter) / Chartres, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1501 - 1504) / Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]

Süleymaniye Mosque

Westminster Abbey

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (original construction, primarily Romanesque: 1075 - 1211, Pricipal Architect: Bernard the Elder (late 1000s - mid 1100s?); Master Esteban (completed Romanesque Facade: 1103); Pórtico da Gloria, an early work of Romanesque sculpture, Master Mateo (completed 1188); Gothic construction, modifications (especially in the Cloister and some Interior features), more prominently major Baroque construction and modifications, these mainly from 1400s - circa 1770; most notably Fernando de Casas Novoa, constructing the North Tower (aka, da Carraca) and Baroque Facade (circa 1738 - 1760); various other, additions, modifications during that period and thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

Notre-Dame de Paris - Main construction principally directed under Bishop Maurice de Sully (1163 - 1260, main construction; various additions, updates, restorations thereafter; reconstruction of fleche and roof from fire damages: 2019 - 2024) / Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

Death and the Maiden - Egon Schiele (1915) [Painting]

The Sleeping Venus - Paul Delvaux (1944) [Painting]

Rondanini Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1552 - 1564; possibly unfinished or "an endless beginning") / Sforza Castle, Milan, Italy [Sculpture]

The Deposition - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1547 - 1555; unfinished, abandoned) [aka, "Bandini Pietà" or "The Lamentation over the Dead Christ"] / Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]

Seville Cathedral - Alonso Martinez (Lead Architect of Main Structure, peak building period of: 1401 - 1506; after main structure completion, there were several variations and additions across centuries, each main period as follows: Main Gothic structure: 1401 - 1528; Renaissance additions/revisions: 1528 - 1593; Baroque additions/revisions: 1618 - 1758; Academic additions/revisions: 1758 - 1823; Gothic Revival additions/revisions: 1825 - 1928) / Seville, Andalusia, Spain [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]

Apollo and Daphne - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1625) [Sculpture]

Saint-Nicolas Church - Walter Maria Förderer (1971) / Heremence, Switzerland [Architecture]

Winchester Cathedral

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1647 - 1652) / Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy [Sculpture, Architecture and Painting]

Top 10+ SONGS/TRACKS for the Week(s)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:

NEWLY LISTENED - ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:

NEWLY LISTENED - CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:

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FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:

NEWLY LISTENED - SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RATED:

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
SEE HERE FOR RECENT “ACTION/ADVENTURE” UPDATES: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=752087#752087

NEWLY WATCHED FILMS - RATED:

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
SEE HERE FOR RECENT “PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART” UPDATES:
https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=753512#753512

NEWLY VIEWED PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RATED:

FAMILIAR LITERATURE - RE-RATED:

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TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2026)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (Original design and began construction of central Greek Cross plan: 1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Revised plan and construction with updated Greek Cross design heavily informing the final result less the later addition of Maderno's Nave and Facade; revision and main design of the central Dome: 1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (Revised to Latin Cross plan with addition of central Nave; addition of Facade: 1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Revision of St. Peter's Square, addition of Colonnade: 1656 - 1667) (Building completed and opened by 1626; various revisions and additions thereafter) / Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Architecture, including Structural Sculpture]
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
The Doors - The Doors (1966)
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Y - Pop Group (1979)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
Chartres Cathedral - Master of Chartres (Anonymous French Architect) (early phase of construction from 1120s - circa 1165, with only the crypt, towers and West Facade surviving a fire of 1194; thereafter the main Gothic structure as currently seen was largely established structurally from 1194 - 1221; further completion and details from circa 1221 - circa 1250 with consecration in 1260; various modifications and additions thereafter) / Chartres, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)
Bullet in the Head - John Woo (1990)
The Sagrestia Nuova - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1520 - 1533; final composition completed later: 1559) / Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy [Sculpture and Architecture]
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006)
Good - Morphine (1992)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1501 - 1504) / Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
St Paul’s Cathedral
Laurentian Library - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1524 - 1534; completed posthumously: 1571; Tribune of Elci rotunda added by Pasquale Poccianti in 1841) / Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, Florence, Italy [Architecture]
Reims Cathedral - Jean d'Orbais (Principal Architect: 1210 - 1228; additional architects, construction, modifications thereafter with the main phase of construction from 1211 - 1275; further modifications through 1345, High Gothic, Rayonnant Style) / Reims, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Notre-Dame de Paris - Main construction principally directed under Bishop Maurice de Sully (1163 - 1260, main construction; various additions, updates, restorations thereafter; reconstruction of fleche and roof from fire damages: 2019 - 2024) / Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Milan Cathedral - Begun by Simone da Orsenigo; Several architects thereafter (Begun 1386; several stages of development through 1965) / Milan, Italy [Architecture and Sculpture]
Batalha Monastery - Afonso Domingues (1388 - 1402); Huguet (1402 - 1438 in which several Flamboyant Gothic elements were added; changed architects posthumously, continued construction, revisions, additions through completion circa 1517) / Batalha, Portugal [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Houses of Parliament, London
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (original construction, primarily Romanesque: 1075 - 1211, Pricipal Architect: Bernard the Elder (late 1000s - mid 1100s?); Master Esteban (completed Romanesque Facade: 1103); Pórtico da Gloria, an early work of Romanesque sculpture, Master Mateo (completed 1188); Gothic construction, modifications (especially in the Cloister and some Interior features), more prominently major Baroque construction and modifications, these mainly from 1400s - circa 1770; most notably Fernando de Casas Novoa, constructing the North Tower (aka, da Carraca) and Baroque Facade (circa 1738 - 1760); various other, additions, modifications during that period and thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Westminster Abbey
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Mission: Impossible — Fallout - Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - George Lucas (2005)
The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1542 - 1545; circa 1546 - 1550) / Pauline Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Painting]
Repeater - Fugazi (1990)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Il Paradiso - Jacopo Tintoretto (assisted by son Domenico Tintoretto) (1588 - 1594) / Doge's Palace, Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Venice, Italy [Painting]
Ulm Minster - Heinrich Parler (Main Design and Principal Architect, mainly 1387 - 1391; continued construction and modification thereafter over centuries; first major construction phase: 1377 - 1543; further construction, modifications thereafter until 1890) / Ulm, Germany [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Basilica of Saint-Denis - Abbot Suger (Principal Architect, Main Construction including the Gothic innovations: 1135 - 1144; key Nave and Transept additions thereafter, mainly 1230 - 1280 with modifications thereafter) / Saint-Denis, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Joe Dante (1990)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1498 - 1499) / St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Sculpture]
The Marble Index - Nico (1968)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Sat, 4 Apr 2026 21:57:01 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 04/05/2026 01:57

Link

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Sat, 4 Apr 2026 19:20:04 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 04/04/2026 23:20

lesbianwalrus wrote:

Nice blog!

Thanks ❗

You’re back!?!?!?

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

lesbianwalrus — Sat, 4 Apr 2026 17:26:30 GMT

Author: lesbianwalrus

Posted: 04/04/2026 21:26

Nice blog!

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:15:43 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 04/04/2026 16:15

AfterHours wrote:

Working on this now (still movies too…). Recommendations, discussion welcome

I also have made the overall “Greatest” list more user friendly by adding a space between each listed entry so (with their oftentimes extended titles/artists) they can now be easily differentiated from along the whole list. List is here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15560

Paintings, Sculpture, Architecture - Ratings Updates - Running Log

Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937) / Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain [Painting] 8.6/10 to 8.5/10

The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1495 - 1498) / Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy [Painting] 8.6/10 to 8.5/10

Sainte-Chapelle - Jean de Chelles or Thomas de Cormont (1242 - 1248) / Paris, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 8.4/10 to 8.3/10

The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1542 - 1545; circa 1546 - 1550) / Pauline Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Painting] 8.4/10 to 8.3/10

Monreale Cathedral - Begun by William II of Sicily in 1174; various modifications thereafter (1267) / Monreale, Sicily, Italy [Architecture, including Mosaics and Structural Sculpture] 8.4/10 to 8.2/10

Notre-Dame de Paris - Main construction principally directed under Bishop Maurice de Sully (1163 - 1260, main construction; various additions, updates, restorations thereafter; reconstruction of fleche and roof from fire damages: 2019 - 2024) / Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 8.1/10 to 7.9/10

Batalha Monastery - Afonso Domingues (1388 - 1402); Huguet (1402 - 1438 in which several Flamboyant Gothic elements were added; changed architects posthumously, continued construction, revisions, additions through completion circa 1517) / Batalha, Portugal [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 8.0/10 to 7.7/10

Strasbourg Cathedral Not Rated to 7.7/10

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington DC) Not Rated to 7.6/10

Houses of Parliament (London) Not Rated to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.6/10

St Paul’s Cathedral (London) Not Rated to 7.6/10

Süleymaniye Mosque Not Rated to 7.6/10

Salisbury Cathedral Not Rated to 7.5/10

Westminster Abbey (London) Not Rated to 7.5/10

Ulm Minster - Heinrich Parler (Main Design and Principal Architect, mainly 1387 - 1391; continued construction and modification thereafter over centuries; first major construction phase: 1377 - 1543; further construction, modifications thereafter until 1890) / Ulm, Germany [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 7.6/10 to 7.5/10

Imam Mosque - Ali Akbar Isfahani (1611 - 1629) [aka, Shah Mosque] / Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Esfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran [Architecture] 8.1/10 to 7.5/10

Basilica of Saint-Denis - Abbot Suger (Principal Architect, Main Construction including the Gothic innovations: 1135 - 1144; key Nave and Transept additions thereafter, mainly 1230 - 1280 with modifications thereafter) / Saint-Denis, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 7.6/10 to 7.5/10

Winchester Cathedral Not Rated to 7.4/10

Amiens Cathedral - Robert of Luzarches (1220 - 1228; Building Plan and Principal Architect); Thomas and Regnault de Cormont (1228 - 1258); Renaud de Cormont (1258 - 1288; Mostly constructed 1220 - circa 1270; modifications thereafter) / Amiens, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 7.5/10 to 7.2/10[/b]

FYI for those interested: I will be updating the “images and links” section, updating the entries with fuller listings (architect, dates, etc), and adding new pages (on the “Greatest” thread) for any and all new entries as soon as I have more time… for now I’ve just been in a rush and put some key links for each on their listed entry, in bold blue (on the main list, first page, “Greatest” thread)…

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Fri, 3 Apr 2026 15:50:39 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 04/03/2026 19:50

Link

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:26:18 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 03/30/2026 14:26

Working on this now (still movies too…). Recommendations, discussion welcome

I also have made the overall “Greatest” list more user friendly by adding a space between each listed entry so (with their oftentimes extended titles/artists) they can now be easily differentiated from along the whole list. List is here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15560

Paintings, Sculpture, Architecture - Ratings Updates - Running Log

Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937) / Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain [Painting] 8.6/10 to 8.5/10

The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1495 - 1498) / Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy [Painting] 8.6/10 to 8.5/10

Sainte-Chapelle - Jean de Chelles or Thomas de Cormont (1242 - 1248) / Paris, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 8.4/10 to 8.3/10

The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1542 - 1545; circa 1546 - 1550) / Pauline Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Painting] 8.4/10 to 8.3/10

Monreale Cathedral - Begun by William II of Sicily in 1174; various modifications thereafter (1267) / Monreale, Sicily, Italy [Architecture, including Mosaics and Structural Sculpture] 8.4/10 to 8.2/10

Notre-Dame de Paris - Main construction principally directed under Bishop Maurice de Sully (1163 - 1260, main construction; various additions, updates, restorations thereafter; reconstruction of fleche and roof from fire damages: 2019 - 2024) / Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 8.1/10 to 7.9/10

Batalha Monastery - Afonso Domingues (1388 - 1402); Huguet (1402 - 1438 in which several Flamboyant Gothic elements were added; changed architects posthumously, continued construction, revisions, additions through completion circa 1517) / Batalha, Portugal [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 8.0/10 to 7.7/10

Strasbourg Cathedral Not Rated to 7.7/10

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington DC) Not Rated to 7.6/10

Houses of Parliament (London) Not Rated to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.6/10

Sacré-Cœur Basilica Not Rated to 7.6/10

St Paul’s Cathedral (London) Not Rated to 7.6/10

Sainte-Cécile Cathedral Not Rated to 7.6/10
Note: 7.6 or above is a bit dependent on how much of the elaborate interior design/decoration/wall and ceiling paintings/sculpture should be counted towards a combined single rating. Currently I am counting much of it, but more study is still needed… On architecture mostly or alone it is still compelling and rather unique on the exterior, but not as high…

Süleymaniye Mosque Not Rated to 7.6/10

Salisbury Cathedral Not Rated to 7.5/10

Westminster Abbey (London) Not Rated to 7.5/10

Ulm Minster - Heinrich Parler (Main Design and Principal Architect, mainly 1387 - 1391; continued construction and modification thereafter over centuries; first major construction phase: 1377 - 1543; further construction, modifications thereafter until 1890) / Ulm, Germany [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 7.6/10 to 7.5/10

Imam Mosque - Ali Akbar Isfahani (1611 - 1629) [aka, Shah Mosque] / Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Esfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran [Architecture] 8.1/10 to 7.5/10

Basilica of Saint-Denis - Abbot Suger (Principal Architect, Main Construction including the Gothic innovations: 1135 - 1144; key Nave and Transept additions thereafter, mainly 1230 - 1280 with modifications thereafter) / Saint-Denis, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 7.6/10 to 7.5/10

Church of Gesù Nuovo Not Rated to 7.5/10

Winchester Cathedral Not Rated to 7.4/10

Laon Cathedral Not Rated to 7.3/10

King’s College Chapel Not Rated to 7.3/10

Amiens Cathedral - Robert of Luzarches (1220 - 1228; Building Plan and Principal Architect); Thomas and Regnault de Cormont (1228 - 1258); Renaud de Cormont (1258 - 1288; Mostly constructed 1220 - circa 1270; modifications thereafter) / Amiens, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 7.5/10 to 7.2/10[/b]

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

DelBocaVista — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:08:21 GMT

Author: DelBocaVista

Posted: 03/26/2026 03:08

AfterHours wrote:

Thanks!

It’s a curious position he may be posing on TMR that I’ve kinda-sorta shared for moments here and there in recent years. Sometimes, especially after emerging from more classically formed masterpieces (like classic architecture, classical music masterpieces from the Baroque through Romantic periods…) I get so used to a masterpiece being more “goal oriented” or “purpose-ful” and clearly or finely organized into a wholly aligned work, then it takes me a little bit to re-acclimate to TMRs near refusal to be as such and allow it to re-wire how a masterpiece should be. Occasionally I’ve wondered if this added effort should count against it? But then… While at the same time it is yet also a sign of just how staggering and original and creative it remains to this day… Sometimes I think it’s a 9 and not 9.3+ but the feeling isn’t strong enough or consistent enough to drop it, and it usually makes up for it a listen or two later anyway…

Scaruffi, the ever expanding enigma… ❓ �'� :?:

I read the Type O Negative part of the interview too quickly, but anyway, yeah I see what you mean. So long as TMR's refusal to play by the old rules can be seen as an expansion of those rules, then it's rating should stand. But if the rules are sacred then it falls short a few ticks.

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:03:46 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 03/25/2026 20:03

DelBocaVista wrote:

New-ish Scaruffi interview dropped: https://www.furious.com/perfect/pieroscaruffi2026.html

Revelations:
- he thinks he might have overrated Trout Mask due to its initial shock value and the desire to remain oppositional
- (restricted to production/sound quality at least) he "enjoys" Sgt. Pepper
- he was peer-pressured into keeping Type O Negative at a 9/10 for a while (no longer the case...)

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

DelBocaVista — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:02:15 GMT

Author: DelBocaVista

Posted: 03/25/2026 17:02

New-ish Scaruffi interview dropped: https://www.furious.com/perfect/pieroscaruffi2026.html

Revelations:
- he thinks he might have overrated Trout Mask due to its initial shock value and the desire to remain oppositional
- (restricted to production/sound quality at least) he "enjoys" Sgt. Pepper
- he was peer-pressured into keeping Type O Negative at a 9/10 for a while (no longer the case...)

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:41:37 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 03/24/2026 17:41

Working on this now (still movies too…). Recommendations, discussion welcome

I also have made the overall “Greatest” list more user friendly by adding a space between each listed entry so (with their oftentimes extended titles/artists) they can now be easily differentiated from along the whole list. List is here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15560

Paintings, Sculpture, Architecture - Ratings Updates - Running Log

Batalha Monastery - Afonso Domingues (1388 - 1402); Huguet (1402 - 1438 in which several Flamboyant Gothic elements were added; changed architects posthumously, continued construction, revisions, additions through completion circa 1517) / Batalha, Portugal [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 8.0/10 to 7.7/10

Ulm Minster - Heinrich Parler (Main Design and Principal Architect, mainly 1387 - 1391; continued construction and modification thereafter over centuries; first major construction phase: 1377 - 1543; further construction, modifications thereafter until 1890) / Ulm, Germany [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 7.6/10 to 7.5/10

Basilica of Saint-Denis - Abbot Suger (Principal Architect, Main Construction including the Gothic innovations: 1135 - 1144; key Nave and Transept additions thereafter, mainly 1230 - 1280 with modifications thereafter) / Saint-Denis, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 7.6/10 to 7.5/10

Amiens Cathedral - Robert of Luzarches (1220 - 1228; Building Plan and Principal Architect); Thomas and Regnault de Cormont (1228 - 1258); Renaud de Cormont (1258 - 1288; Mostly constructed 1220 - circa 1270; modifications thereafter) / Amiens, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture] 7.5/10 to 7.2/10

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:30:48 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 03/18/2026 15:30

Running Log - Action/Adventure and Spy/Espionage/Assassin/Hitman Films - Updates Ratings/Rankings...

NOTE: any “reviews” on here are often rather disorganized, rambling thoughts, notes, usually typed on-the-go from my phone with little regard for professionalism, sentence structure, etc… they are usually just to give one the “gist” or basis, a brief idea, of my thoughts or a few bullet points, as regards a rating update, but almost never more involved than that… they are almost always typed in too much of a rush as well, so aren’t usually edited for more coherence…

Bullet in the Head - John Woo (1990) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
Old Boy - Chan-wook Park (2003) still 7.9/10, maybe 7.6-7.8
Point Blank - John Boorman (1967) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Leon: The Professional - Luc Besson (1994) [Original Cut, 110 minutes; Extended Cut, 133 minutes: 7.4/10] 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006) 7.2/10 ...NO CHANGE in rating… Possibly the most underrated action film of all time… Reaches pitches of intensity, stakes, genuine and felt emotional and physical toll, devastation, endurance, rarely experienced in mainstream action cinema, even after this series made increasingly more stunt oriented and daring attempts to up the ante in these regards, and expand on the epic and world stakes, in every way in its follow ups (succeeding in expanse, narratively, but here more impactful, more felt, more suspense and emotion and intensity)… the difference here is that Cruise and Hoffman deliver lights out, beyond committed performances both physically and emotionally… Cruise here is legitimately awe inspiring, hurtling his body through the film and reaching an emotional breaking point that few action films (especially stars) approach… at a glance one might accuse its cinematic language of being derivative, and perhaps it is, sourced as so many from the likes of French Connection, and probably trying to one-up the contemporary Bourne films, in its urban grittiness, shaky handheld, frantic montage… and probably the in-your-face, cinema frantic montage and metallic, grimy color schemes of Michael Bay, such as The Rock, Bad Boys… … but look a little closer too and one may realize it is one of the darkest, ugliest and grimiest looking mainstream action films of its time, perhaps ever… it is also very up close and personal rarely giving the viewer much spatial sense between things, while usually obfuscated in darkness or visual confusion… this disorientation, apparent lack of composition, may on one hand seem a flaw but the more one watches the more one starts to see that the film is in a relentless state of physical devastation and mental collapse, mirroring the state of affairs and conflict and rage and breaking points Cruise and Hoffman (and the stakes) reach over and over again… it is so dark and grimy and obfuscated that it becomes virtual paranoia, fear, delirium, bordering on a nightmare, loss of control, broken down, enraged, most of all utter devastation all around… basically it takes the many scenes of devastation (not just in the protagonists predicament, but also in the physical collapse happening all around him and that his body is quite actually hurtling himself through) of a great action film like Die Hard and reaches a breaking point that its lead takes to the very brink and sustains to a point of awe… the conflict of Ethan Hunt, on the surface of the other films but here really felt, that he can’t have a normal life, the sacrifice and threat of losing his wife, his world collapsing all around him, as he exhausts and hurtles himself physically through the scenes so desperately, manages to transcend by sheer will and monumental effort what is fundamentally “just” a spy thriller against all odds (here the “against all odds” is thoroughly expressed and immersively tactile in the performances, action, and the devastation and wreckage the lead throws his body into and through in all its action sequences …the conviction and sheer will could be called extraordinary and bordering on transcendent actually…) … here he more and more draws out attention to his personal will and sacrifice against the stakes, but also how real and terrifying the acts he is hurtling his body through are, furthermore the sheer rage Hunt reaches against the antagonists and against the odds and the fear of losing and loss of control over the situations, in the emotion of the performance and also the violence of his physical acts and also the wreckage and devastation all around he is causing and a part of (several others getting injured, killed, destruction everywhere in all its set pieces) as he risks everything at the expense of everything too (and this conflict, turmoil, frustration and loss of control, unhinged and nearly losing it, is pressed down hard upon)…
Gunga Din - George Stevens (1939) Not Rated to 7.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Charade - Stanley Donen (1963) Not Rated to 7.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Strike - Sergei Eisenstein (1925) Not Rated to 7.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Munich - Steven Spielberg (2005) Not Rated to 7.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mission: Impossible — Fallout - Christopher McQuarrie (2018) 6.7/10 to 7.0/10
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - George Lucas (2005) "tentative 6.4/10" to 7.0/10
The Bridge on the River Kwai - David Lean (1957) Not Rated to 7.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mutiny on the Bounty - Frank Lloyd (1935) Not Rated to 7.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Great Escape - John Sturges (1963) Not Rated to 7.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Army of Shadows - Jean-Pierre Melville (1969) Not Rated to 7.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Syriana - Stephen Gaghan (2005) Not Rated to 7.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Sneakers - Phil Alden Robinson (1992) Not Rated to 6.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Magnificent Seven - John Sturges (1960) Not Rated to 6.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Dark Crystal - Jim Henson / Frank Oz (1982) Not Rated to 6.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow (2012) Not Rated to 6.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
No Way Out - Roger Donaldson (1987) Not Rated to 6.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn - Nicholas Meyer (1982) Not Rated to 6.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan (2008) 6.6/10 to 6.8/10
Titanic - James Cameron (1997) 6.6/10 to 6.8/10 ...Apologies to all who once believed in me... our hearts will go on...
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - John Sturges (1957) Not Rated to 6.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Departed - Martin Scorsese (2006) Not Rated to 6.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Macbeth - Orson Welles (1948) Not Rated to 6.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Knight and Day - James Mangold (2010) 5.5/10 to 5.8/10; 5.8/10 to 6.8/10
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Thomas Alfredson (2011) Not Rated to 6.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Skyfall - Sam Mandes (2012) Not Rated to 6.6/10; 6.6/10 to 6.7/10 ...Newly revisited, 6.6/10 no longer “tentative”… may be higher, like 6.7-6.9… Mendes adds more meaning to this than the usual… Bond’s journey after the opening action sequence becomes a sort of “Dantesque journey” back from defeat (each of the main scenes is a sort of “metaphysical” journey metaphorically reflected by its visuals/backdrops) through to the ruined city where Bond finally seems to recover health and skill wise, also confronting his actual enemy behind the scenes (a la “resurrection”). This visual sense stuns at times (most of all in Shanghai night scenes) but also tapers off bit by bit in its ingenuity (perhaps somewhat hampered by a script that probably wasn’t too concerned in making Bond an Art film). The film eventually becomes a resurrection of his past too and those action scenes of the final act take on symbolic confrontation (including confronting his childhood trauma and M becoming his mother figure) as well as the constant subtext of the old versus the new tied in not just with Bond’s own aging and internal conflict but with the political battle up to that point of whether or not MI6 is antiquated. About that opening: even though the visual sense and meaning picks up after this, the opening action sequence is remarkable and really displays Bond as a conflicted, vicious, virtual anti hero, as he wreaks havoc regardless of the consequences and barely avoids killing innocent people through his ruthless and reckless methods like that of a vicious killing machine. It symbolically leads to his defeat, like karma, and what follows. The title sequence too, after the climax of this opening, is perhaps the most artfully meaningful ever for a Bond film, segueing perfectly into the upcoming subtext of Bond’s (fairly subtle) Dantesque journey through his next several main sequences of the film.
The Rock - Michael Bay (1996) 6.6/10 to 6.7/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Death Wish 2 - Michael Winner (1982) 6.6/10 to 6.7/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Road House - Rowdy Harrington (1989) 6.6/10 to 6.7/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Snowpiercer - Joon-ho Bong (2014) 6.6/10 to 6.7/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Italian Job - Peter Collinson (1969) Not Rated to 6.7/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
War of the Planet of the Apes - Matt Reeves (2017) Not Rated to 6.6/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Snake Eyes - Brian De Palma (1998) 6.5/10 to 6.6/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Bad Boys - Michael Bay (1995) 6.5/10 to 6.6/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Adventures in Baby Sitting - Chris Columbus (1987) 6.1/10 to 6.5/10; 6.5/10 to 6.6/10 ...I almost upgraded it to 6.8 or so and it might deserve it... Qualitatively (over the last two times I've revisited it) this has pretty much worked its way back to where I initially thought it would be after being a long time childhood favorite. Nice to see nostalgia more or less matching the present. Comedically and in its performances, it nods to the Hughes films of the period, while being (imo) essentially a "teenage" rendition of Scorsese's After Hours (which, although I've never seen it mentioned in the same breath, that seems like a big influence on this to me; instead of circling back to the monotony of the office, the teens circle back to their closeted lives in upper middle class suburbia) ... Circumstantially and stylistically, it may fundamentally owe something to Risky Business as well, although Risky Business is certainly more "R-rated" and breaks its moral grounds more in relationship to the upper middle class parents and upbringing...
Looper - Rian Johnson (2012) Not Rated to 6.6/10
Crank: High Voltage - Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor (2009) 6.5/10 to 6.6/10 ...Adjusting some ratings, this included, to account for qualitative comparisons with others...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Peter Jackson (2001) 6.5/10 to 6.6/10 ...Estimated upgrade, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Northwest Passage - King Vidor (1940) Not Rated to 6.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Cloud Atlas - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2012) Not Rated to 6.5/10 ..Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Martian - Ridley Scott (2015) 6.3/10 to 6.5/10
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Peter Weir (2003) Not Rated or "tentative 6.3/10" to "tentative" 6.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Town - Ben Affleck (2010) Not Rated to 6.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Day of the Jackal - Fred Zinnemann (1973) Not Rated to 6.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Independence Day - Roland Emmerich (1996) "Not rated or tentative 5.6/10" to "Not rated or tentative 6.1/10" to 6.5/10 ...Revisited after recent revisits of Emmerich (Stargate) and another contemporary Disaster film (Deep Impact), also (though far less in common as a Disaster film) Cameron's Titanic... It becomes increasingly silly and cliched (for the most part) after the first 1/2 (roughly 1 hr 15 mins in)... This first half is much more impressive, the effects visually spectacular (far better than the overused synthetic look of the CGI in most blockbusters today) and legitimately suspenseful and on par with Lucas' best Hollywood sci-fi-action-adventure films (like the original Star Wars trilogy). The scenes of mass destruction and apocalyptic aftermaths of cities are the most impressive and compelling. The scenes of comedy (with Will Smith, and briefly, Harry Connick) are easily its best attempts. Later comedy (stolen from Star Wars above all) where jokes are cracked amidst life threatening situations and with little suspense, among ridiculous cliches of heroism and flag-waving jingoism, are superficial and more amusing for their silliness and over-earnestness than as well aimed comedy (with some exceptions) or its heroism as serious emotion or inspiration... Just about all the serious drama beyond the mass destruction/apocalyptic sequences is either totally average Hollywood fare or way too cliche and convenient to be taken seriously... Still among the impressive things about it is the scale of it and the thematic/genre expanse -- even if overlong, overstaying its welcome a bit, with all the usual Hollywood and heroic cliches, and how ridiculous it is that the exact right people happen to survive to tie all their stories in with perfectly resolved endings idealistically mirroring the conflicts they started out with... Visually, it is very impressive in the scenes of destruction of New York and DC especially (still much better than most, decades later) -- unfortunately it looks increasingly like a video game in the ridiculous flight battle sequences against the alien invaders (with effects drawn from Star Wars but here with silly flight and coordination skills by humans against an advanced race, among a whole beehive of enemies that defy belief); however, these can probably be credited (plus or minus) with visually inspiring the 2nd trilogy of Star Wars films (Phantom Menace, etc) ... This film, although very cliche in many ways, drawing from War of the Worlds, Aliens, Star Wars, the jingoism and action of Tony Scott, his hyper "protege" Micheal Bay, and so on, was nevertheless hugely influential on blockbusters of the period, setting off a slew of apocalyptic-themed and disaster scenario films thereafter and even if highly derivative in each of its sub genres, the effects and impressive staging and confluence of all of them in one film set a groundwork for the blockbusters that followed that often pulled from one or a few aspects of it with then whole films made out of these...
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Matt Reeves (2014) Not Rated to 6.4/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Christopher McQuarrie (2023) 6.0/10 to 6.3/10
The Lego Batman Movie - Chris McKay (2017) Not Rated to 6.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Rupert Wyatt (2011) Not Rated to 6.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Superman II - Richard Lester (1980) Not Rated to 6.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
John Wick: Chapter 2 - Chad Stahelski (2017) ”tentative 6.1/10” to 6.2/10
The Mask - Chuck Russell (1994) [b]5.6/10 to 6.2/10
Argo - Ben Affleck (2012) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Leonard Nimoy (1984) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Last Boy Scout - Tony Scott (1991) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Escape from the Planet of the Apes - Don Taylor (1971) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Rumble in the Bronx - Stanley Tong (1995) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
John Wick - Chad Stahelski (2014) 6.9/10 to 6.1/10
Cloak & Dagger - Richard Franklin (1984) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Snowden - Oliver Stone (2016) Not Rated to 6.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Ronin - John Frankenheimer (1998) Not Rated to 6.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Hackers - Iain Softley (1995) Not Rated to 6.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation - Christopher McQuarrie (2015) 5.0/10 to 6.0/10
Austin Powers in Goldmember - Jay Roach (2002) Not Rated to 5.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Deep Impact - Mimi Leder (1998) 5.4/10 to 5.9/10 ...Hadn't seen this since its release in theaters... It's better than its reputation suggests (even if my score might not seem like it)... Besides a few poor moments, the acting isn't nearly as "bad" as people sometimes claim and it's actually a competent film ...most of the performances are fine especially compared to blockbusters of today where everyone seems to be the most declarative, epic, heroic, charismatic version of whatever part they're playing... Elijah Wood and his girlfriend struggle in a couple scenes but are earnest and young and impulsive so it's not a big deal and not unrealistic (how many of you would look ridiculous if we could re-watch scenes of first love from 17,18,19...) ... Tea Leone, much maligned here (and elsewhere?), is simply conflicted emotionally and maybe sorta overshoots or misses the mark a couple times but it's not nearly as bad as the reputation suggests. She actually does fine for the most part. The film is notable for being mostly a suspenseful and slow-burn-downer in the realm of end of the world/disaster movies. The drama throughout is pretty normal Hollywood fare but, because the film stands by its convictions for the better part of its run time, it works more or less well enough to be serviceable and even relatively affecting (again, for Hollywood) at times, even despite the cliches... Fwiw, it would probably be a 6.0 or 6.1 except that the ending is quite rushed and doesn't seem to trust everything it had built up to (dramatically) by that point.
White Fang - Randal Kleiser (1991) Not Rated to 5.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Robert Wise (1979) Not Rated to 5.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Leonard Nimoy (1986) Not Rated to 5.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Thunderball - Terence Young (1965) Not Rated to 5.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Gareth Edwards (2016) Not Rated to 5.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
2010: The Year We Make Contact - Peter Hyams (1984) Not Rated to 5.7/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Peter Jackson (2013) Not Rated to 5.7/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Burn After Reading - Joel and Ethan Coen (2008) Not Rated to 5.7/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Net - Irvin Winkler (1995) Not Rated to 5.6/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Gladiator II - Ridley Scott (2024) Not Rated to 5.6/10 ...Forgot to add this after seeing it in theaters in 2024 ...Estimated, "tentative rating", needs revisit
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi - Rian Johnson (2017) 5.0/10 to 5.7/10; 5.7/10 to 5.6/10
Jackal - Michael Caton-Jones (1997) Not Rated to 5.6/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Swordfish - Dominic Sena (2001) Not Rated to 5.6/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Spectre - Sam Mendes (2015) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Return of Godzilla - Koji Hashimoto (1984) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mothra vs. Godzilla - Ishiro Honda (1964) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Lost World - Harry Hoyt (1925) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Peter Jackson (2014) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Superman Returns - Bryan Singer (2006) Not Rated to 5.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - Jay Roach (1997) Not Rated to 5.9/10; 5.9/10 to 5.5/10
Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace - George Lucas (1999) 4.8/10 to 5.4/10
Superman III - Richard Lester (1983) Not Rated to 5.4/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Good Shepherd - Robert De Niro (2006) Not Rated to 5.4/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum - Chad Stahelski (2019) 5.4/10
Tomorrow Never Dies - Roger Spottiswoode (1997) Not Rated to 5.3/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Stargate - Roland Emmerich (1994) 5.9/10 to 5.3/10
Beneath the Planet of the Apes - Ted Post (1970) Not Rated to 5.3/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Pelican Brief - Alan Pakula (1993) Not Rated to 5.3/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Black Panther - Ryan Coogler (2018) 5.1/10 to 5.2/10
King Kong - John Guillermin (1976) [remake] Not Rated to 5.2/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens - J.J. Abrams (2015) "tentative 5.3/10" to 5.6/10; 5.6/10 to 5.2/10
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Jay Roach (1999) Not Rated to 5.1/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Steve Barron (1990) 4.7/10 to 5.1/10
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol - Brad Bird (2011) 5.8/10 to 5.1/10
Quantum of Solace - Marc Forster (2008) Not Rated to 4.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - George Lucas (2002) "tentative 4.5/10" to 4.9/10
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Jackson (2012) Not Rated to 4.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
King Kong vs. Godzilla - Ishiro Honda (1962) Not Rated to 4.9/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
John Wick: Chapter 4 - Chad Stahelski (2023) 4.8/10
Planet of the Apes - Tim Burton (2001) Not Rated to 4.8/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Transformers - Michael Bay (2007) Not Rated to 4.7/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Mission to Mars - Brian DePalma (2000) Not Rated to 4.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Michael Bay (2009) Not Rated to 4.5/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Michael Bay (2011) Not Rated to 4.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Transformers: Age of Extinction - Michael Bay (2014) Not Rated to 4.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace - Sidney J. Furie (1987) Not Rated to 3.3/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit
The Vernonia Incident - Ray Etheridge (1989) Not Rated to 2.0/10 ...Estimated, "tentative rating" from years ago, needs revisit ... This was actually filmed near a childhood friend's house and even some scenes on his property and properties near by. His dad received a free copy of the movie for allowing Etheridge to use his property, and we watched it as kids, and even then knew it was beyond terrible. I've long remembered it (almost endearingly) as "the worst film ever made" which is how we used to refer to it, jokingly recommending it to friends while growing up. Was that the beginnings of the AfterHours' alter-ego "villain arc"? You be the judge... (what if I told you I actually starred in a kids movie on TV (really, a filmed, broadcast play that somehow made it onto TV...) that was probably even worse than this? Sorry did I just admit that shit out loud???) ...I doubt Vernonia Incident is actually the "worst film ever made" -- after all, there is probably some film somewhere of hours worth of just TV screen static or something that you are supposed to "contemplate until you start seeing your own movie inside the static" or whatever... shooting for a legendary 0 out of 10 rating... Um, anyway, Vernonia Incident may or may not have more merit than I recall as a kid, but I recall it being pretty f-ing worthless, terribly shot and acted on a shoe-string budget and (especially for an action film with a plot) idiotic, pathetic and boring... Maybe I'll be longing to waste an hour of my life to revisit it out of sheer curiosity of just how bad it really was, only now compared to my current standards and far more learned and "mature" (depending on who you ask!) evaluation of cinema...?

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Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:55:31 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 03/18/2026 14:55

Songs/Tracks/Movements updates…

Yerself is Steam…

Very Sleepy Rivers - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #8 (1991) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Chasing a Bee - Mercury Rev - Yerself is Steam - Track #1 (1991) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Sweet Oddysee of a Cancer Cell t' th' Center of Yer Heart - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #5 (1991) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Frittering - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #6 (1991) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Syringe Mouth - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #2 (1991) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Black and Blue - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #4 (1991) Not Rated to 6.0/10
Coney Island Cyclone - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #3 (1991) Not Rated to 5.4/10
Continuous Trucks and Thunder Under a Mother's Smile - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #7 (1991) NO RATING/NEGLIGIBLE

Joanna Newsom…

Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me - Track #2 (2010) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Baby Birch - Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me - Track #5 (2010) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Monkey and Bear - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #2 (2006) 6.4/10 to 6.9/10
Cosmia - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #5 (2006) 5.8/10 to 6.2/10

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:32:11 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 03/17/2026 19:32

Facetious wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

I only vaguely pay any attention to the Oscars tbh, so not making any real attempt beyond just seeing what seems most worthwhile…

I usually eventually see the ones that are more acclaimed by the more reliable critics (and typically eventually see whatever wins best pic, even if sometimes years after the fact). I’m perpetually behind on movies circa 2010 to present…

I am interested in, for example, the Safdie’s Marty Supreme and noticed you gave it 7.5. Would you say it’s above even Uncut Gems?

Since you're working on Action and Spy/Espionage/Assassin/Hitman lists, I will mention that One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, and Sinners will definitely be of interest. Also, I'm not a fan of F1 but you might want to check it out and compare to Top Gun Maverick

Thanks Face ❗ ❗ ❗ 🫵 😐 🫵

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

Facetious — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:06:02 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 03/17/2026 17:06

AfterHours wrote:

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:49:18 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 03/17/2026 15:49

EXPLANATION: WHAT IS THIS LOG??? Go here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=571094#571094

For my criteria page, go here: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15503

To visit my Main lists, go here:
Greatest Classical Music Works: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15098
Greatest Albums (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15276
Greatest Songs/Tracks/Movements: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15246
Greatest Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15558
Greatest Paintings, Sculpture and Architecture: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15560
Greatest Works of Art: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16117

Various (in progress) genre lists, listed in order of how recently I've worked on them:
Best Action/Adventure Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=749761#749761
Best Comedy Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=748991#748991
Greatest Literature: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=691617#691617
Best Teen and/or Coming of Age Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=683219#683219
Best Gangster and/or Hood Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=682513#682513
Best Editing/Structure in Film History: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=667443#667443
Best Visuals (Color) / Best Visuals (Black and White): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=666231#666231
Best Horror Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=656102#656102
Best Hip Hop/R & B/Soul/Funk Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=650323#650323
Best Animated Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=647884#647884
Best Comic Book/Superhero Films: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=646189#646189

Bold = Newly added
Bold + Italics = Was already listed but recently upgraded/downgraded

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 3-16-26 - 3-29-26
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Chartres Cathedral - Master of Chartres (Anonymous French Architect) (early phase of construction from 1120s - circa 1165, with only the crypt, towers and West Facade surviving a fire of 1194; thereafter the main Gothic structure as currently seen was largely established structurally from 1194 - 1221; further completion and details from circa 1221 - circa 1250 with consecration in 1260; various modifications and additions thereafter) / Chartres, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
The Sagrestia Nuova - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1520 - 1533; final composition completed later: 1559) / Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy [Sculpture and Architecture]
St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (Original design and began construction of central Greek Cross plan: 1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Revised plan and construction with updated Greek Cross design heavily informing the final result less the later addition of Maderno's Nave and Facade; revision and main design of the central Dome: 1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (Revised to Latin Cross plan with addition of central Nave; addition of Facade: 1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Revision of St. Peter's Square, addition of Colonnade: 1656 - 1667) (Building completed and opened by 1626; various revisions and additions thereafter) / Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Architecture and Structural Sculpture]
St Paul’s Cathedral
Laurentian Library - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1524 - 1534; completed posthumously: 1571; Tribune of Elci rotunda added by Pasquale Poccianti in 1841) / Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, Florence, Italy [Architecture]
Reims Cathedral - Jean d'Orbais (Principal Architect: 1210 - 1228; additional architects, construction, modifications thereafter with the main phase of construction from 1211 - 1275; further modifications through 1345, High Gothic, Rayonnant Style) / Reims, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1501 - 1504) / Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1498 - 1499) / St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Sculpture]
Notre-Dame de Paris - Main construction principally directed under Bishop Maurice de Sully (1163 - 1260, main construction; various additions, updates, restorations thereafter; reconstruction of fleche and roof from fire damages: 2019 - 2024) / Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Milan Cathedral - Begun by Simone da Orsenigo; Several architects thereafter (Begun 1386; several stages of development through 1965) / Milan, Italy [Architecture and Sculpture]
Batalha Monastery - Afonso Domingues (1388 - 1402); Huguet (1402 - 1438 in which several Flamboyant Gothic elements were added; changed architects posthumously, continued construction, revisions, additions through completion circa 1517) / Batalha, Portugal [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Houses of Parliament, London
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (original construction, primarily Romanesque: 1075 - 1211, Pricipal Architect: Bernard the Elder (late 1000s - mid 1100s?); Master Esteban (completed Romanesque Facade: 1103); Pórtico da Gloria, an early work of Romanesque sculpture, Master Mateo (completed 1188); Gothic construction, modifications (especially in the Cloister and some Interior features), more prominently major Baroque construction and modifications, these mainly from 1400s - circa 1770; most notably Fernando de Casas Novoa, constructing the North Tower (aka, da Carraca) and Baroque Facade (circa 1738 - 1760); various other, additions, modifications during that period and thereafter) [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Westminster Abbey
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Il Paradiso - Jacopo Tintoretto (assisted by son Domenico Tintoretto) (1588 - 1594) / Doge's Palace, Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Venice, Italy [Painting]
Ulm Minster - Heinrich Parler (Main Design and Principal Architect, mainly 1387 - 1391; continued construction and modification thereafter over centuries; first major construction phase: 1377 - 1543; further construction, modifications thereafter until 1890) / Ulm, Germany [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Basilica of Saint-Denis - Abbot Suger (Principal Architect, Main Construction including the Gothic innovations: 1135 - 1144; key Nave and Transept additions thereafter, mainly 1230 - 1280 with modifications thereafter) / Saint-Denis, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro - Edgar Fonseca (1979) / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [Architecture]
Grundtvig's Church - Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (1940) / Copenhagen, Denmark [Architecture]
Kizhi Pogost: Church of Transfiguration; Church of Intercession - Master Nestor (1694; 1714) [Architecture]
Seville Cathedral - Alonso Martinez (Lead Architect of Main Structure, peak building period of: 1401 - 1506; after main structure completion, there were several variations and additions across centuries, each main period as follows: Main Gothic structure: 1401 - 1528; Renaissance additions/revisions: 1528 - 1593; Baroque additions/revisions: 1618 - 1758; Academic additions/revisions: 1758 - 1823; Gothic Revival additions/revisions: 1825 - 1928) / Seville, Andalusia, Spain [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Looper - Rian Johnson (2012)
Amiens Cathedral - Robert of Luzarches (1220 - 1228; Building Plan and Principal Architect); Thomas and Regnault de Cormont (1228 - 1258); Renaud de Cormont (1258 - 1288; Mostly constructed 1220 - circa 1270; modifications thereafter) / Amiens, France [Architecture, including Stained Glass and Structural Sculpture]
Imam Mosque - Ali Akbar Isfahani (1611 - 1629) [aka, Shah Mosque] / Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Esfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran [Architecture]
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - Jay Roach (1997)

Top 10+ SONGS/TRACKS for the Week(s)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:

NEWLY LISTENED - ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:

NEWLY LISTENED - CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:

NEWLY LISTENED - SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RATED:

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
SEE HERE FOR RECENT “ACTION/ADVENTURE” UPDATES: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=752087#752087

NEWLY WATCHED FILMS - RATED:

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:

NEWLY VIEWED PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RATED:

FAMILIAR LITERATURE - RE-RATED:

NEWLY READ LITERATURE - RATED:

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TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2026)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (Original design and began construction of central Greek Cross plan: 1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Revised plan and construction with updated Greek Cross design heavily informing the final result less the later addition of Maderno's Nave and Facade; revision and main design of the central Dome: 1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (Revised to Latin Cross plan with addition of central Nave; addition of Facade: 1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Revision of St. Peter's Square, addition of Colonnade: 1656 - 1667) (Building completed and opened by 1626; various revisions and additions thereafter) / Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Architecture, including Structural Sculpture]
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
The Doors - The Doors (1966)
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Y - Pop Group (1979)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)
Bullet in the Head - John Woo (1990)
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006)
Good - Morphine (1992)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1501 - 1504) / Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Mission: Impossible — Fallout - Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - George Lucas (2005)
The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1542 - 1545; circa 1546 - 1550) / Pauline Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Painting]
Repeater - Fugazi (1990)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Joe Dante (1990)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1498 - 1499) / St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy [Sculpture]
The Marble Index - Nico (1968)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984)
The Survivor's Suite - Keith Jarrett (1976)
Slow, Deep and Hard - Type O Negative (1991)
Old Boy - Chan-wook Park (2003)
Atomizer - Big Black (1985)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Point Blank - John Boorman (1967)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Ben Stiller (2013)
Meet the Parents - Jay Roach (2000)
Clifford - Paul Flaherty (1994)
Titanic - James Cameron (1997)
Madonna of Bruges - Michelangelo (circa 1501 - 1504) / Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Bruges, Flanders, Belgium [Sculpture]
The Genius of Victory - Michelangelo Buonarotti (circa 1532 - 1534) / Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy [Sculpture]
Knight and Day - James Mangold (2010)
Skyfall - Sam Mendes (2012)

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:57:37 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 03/16/2026 15:57

Not sure if I’ll make this an “official” sub genre list but I’ve been revisiting a lot of these recently, plus watching some new to me (like John Wick 3 and 4…)

Recommendations welcome…

Best Spy/Espionage/Assassin/Hitman Movies

IN PROGRESS / STILL BEING UPDATED FROM OTHER LISTS

8.6: North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
8.3: Possession - Andrzej Zulawski (1981) [Original Cut, 123 minutes]
8.3: Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (1994)
8.1: Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola (1979) [Original Theatrical Release, 153 minutes]
8.1: The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
8.0: Blow Out - Brian De Palma (1981)
8.0: Memento - Christopher Nolan (2000)
8.0: Once Upon a Time in the West - Sergio Leone (1968)
7.8: The Godfather, Part 2 - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
7.8: Point Blank - John Boorman (1967)
7.8: Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino (1992)
7.8: Europa - Lars Von Trier (1991)
7.7: The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
7.7: Leon: The Professional - Luc Besson (1994) [Original Cut, 110 minutes; Extended Cut, 133 minutes: 7.4/10]
7.6: World on a Wire - Rainer Fassbinder (1973)
7.6: Hero - Zhang Yimou (2002)
7.6: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Sam Peckinpah (1974)
7.6: The Killer - John Woo (1989)
7.5: Blade Runner - Ridley Scott (1982) [The Final Cut, 117 minutes]
7.5: Casablanca - Michael Curtiz (1942)
7.5: The Third Man - Carol Reed (1949)
7.4: The Lives of Others - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2007)
7.4: Inglorious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino (2009)
7.4: Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955) [Comprehensive Version, 105 minutes]
7.4: Frantic - Roman Polanski (1988)
7.4: The Manchurian Candidate - John Frankenheimer (1962)
7.4: To Be or Not To Be - Ernst Lubitsch (1942)
7.4: Alphaville - Jean Luc-Godard (1965)
7.4: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Sergio Leone (1966)
7.3: The Terminator - James Cameron (1984)
7.3: Notorious - Alfred Hitchcock (1946)
7.3: La Femme Nikita - Luc Besson (1990)
7.3: Crank - Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (2006)
7.3: Le Samourai - Jean-Pierre Melville (1967)
7.3: The Stranger - Orson Welles (1946)
7.3: Brawl in Cell Block 99 - S. Craig Zahler (2017)
7.2: The Tragedy of Macbeth - Joel and Ethan Coen (2021)
7.2: Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006)
7.2: The Parallax View - Alan Pakula (1974)
7.2: Inception - Christopher Nolan (2010)
7.2: Exiled - Johnnie To (2006)
7.2: Charade - Stanley Donen (1963)
7.2: Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven (1990)
7.1: The Conformist - Bernardo Bertolucci (1970)
7.1: A Better Tomorrow - John Woo (1986)
7.1: The 39 Steps - Alfred Hitchcock (1935)
7.1: The Lady Vanishes - Alfred Hitchcock (1938)
7.0: True Lies – James Cameron (1994)
7.0: Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood (1992)
7.0: Conspiracy Theory - Richard Donner (1997)
7.0: Enemy of the State - Tony Scott (1998)
7.0: Goldfinger - Guy Hamilton (1964)
7.0: In the Line of Fire - Wolfgang Petersen (1993)
7.0: Munich - Steven Spielberg (2005)
7.0: Ivan's Childhood - Andrei Tarkovsky (1962)
7.0: No Country For Old Men - Joel and Ethan Coen (2007)
7.0: Mission: Impossible — Fallout - Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
7.0: Army of Shadows - Jean-Pierre Melville (1969)
7.0: Syriana - Stephen Gaghan (2005)
7.0: Saboteur - Alfred Hitchcock (1942)
6.9: Nurse Betty - Neil Labute (2000)
6.9: Get Carter - Mike Hodges (1971)
6.9: Road to Perdition - Sam Mendes (2002)
6.9: Sneakers - Phil Alden Robinson (1992)
6.9: Terminator 2: Judgment Day - James Cameron (1992)
6.9: Mission: Impossible - Brian De Palma (1996)
6.9: From Russia With Love - Terrence Young (1963)
6.9: Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
6.9: Torn Curtain - Alfred Hitchcock (1966)
6.8: The Crow - Alex Proyas (1994)
6.8: Dr. No - Terrence Young (1962)
6.8: No Way Out - Roger Donaldson (1987)
6.8: Allied - Robert Zemeckis (2016)
6.8: JFK - Oliver Stone (1991)
6.8: The Departed - Martin Scorsese (2006)
6.8: The Killer Elite - Sam Peckinpah (1975)
6.8: Men in Black - Barry Sonnenfeld (1997)
6.8: Sin City - Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller (2005)
6.8: Logan's Run - Michael Anderson (1976)
6.8: Knight and Day - James Mangold (2010)
6.8: Macbeth - Orson Welles (1948)
6.8: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Thomas Alfredson (2011)
6.8: Enter the Dragon - Robert Clouse (1973)
6.7: Skyfall - Sam Mendes (2012)
6.7: The Running Man - Paul Michael Glaser (1987)
6.7: The Rock - Michael Bay (1996)
6.6: Looper - Rian Johnson (2012)
6.6: Crank: High Voltage - Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (2009)
6.5: Day of the Jackal - Fred Zinnemann (1973)
6.4: Patriot Games - Phillip Noyce (1992)
6.4: Clear and Present Danger - Phillip Noyce (1994)
6.4: The Firm - Sydney Pollack (1993)
6.3: The Bourne Ultimatum - Paul Greengrass (2007)
6.3: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Christopher McQuarrie (2023)
6.2: The Bourne Supremacy - Paul Greengrass (2004)
6.2: American Made - Doug Liman (2017)
6.2: Last Action Hero - John McTiernan (1993)
6.2: Goldeneye - Martin Campbell (1995)
6.2: Casino Royale - Martin Campbell (2006)
6.2: John Wick: Chapter 2 - Chad Stahelski (2017)
6.1: Argo - Ben Affleck (2012)
6.1: The Bourne Identity - Doug Liman (2002)
6.1: John Wick - Chad Stahelski (2014)
6.1: Cloak & Dagger - Richard Franklin (1984)
6.1: Snowden - Oliver Stone (2016)
6.0: Ronin - John Frankenheimer (1998)
6.0: Desperado - Robert Rodriguez (1995)
6.0: Collateral - Michael Mann (2004)
6.0: Hackers - Iain Softley (1995)
6.0: Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation - Christopher McQuarrie (2015)
5.9: Thunderball - Terence Young (1965)
5.9: Austin Powers in Goldmember - Jay Roach (2002)
5.8: Men in Black II - Barry Sonnenfeld (2002)
5.8: The Hunt For Red October - John McTiernan (1990)
5.8: Valkyrie - Bryan Singer (2008)
5.7: Burn After Reading - Joel and Ethan Coen (2008)
5.6: The Net - Irvin Winkler (1995)
5.6: Jackal - Michael Caton-Jones (1997)
5.6: Swordfish - Dominic Sena (2001)
5.5: Spectre - Sam Mendes (2015)
5.5: Kill Bill, Vol. 1 - Quentin Tarantino (2003)
5.5: Point of No Return - John Badham (1993)
5.5: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - Jay Roach (1997)
5.4: The Good Shepherd - Robert De Niro (2006)
5.4: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum - Chad Stahelski (2019)
5.3: Angels and Demons - Ron Howard (2009)
5.3: The Pelican Brief - Alan Pakula (1993)
5.3: Tomorrow Never Dies - Roger Spottiswoode (1997)
5.2: Black Panther - Ryan Coogler (2018)
5.2: Mr. & Mrs. Smith - Doug Liman (2005)
5.2: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back - Edward Zwick (2016)
5.1: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Jay Roach (1999)
5.1: Wonder Woman - Patty Jenkins (2017)
5.1: Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol - Brad Bird (2011)
5.0: Kill Bill, Vol. 2 - Quentin Tarantino (2004)
4.9: Quantum of Solace - Marc Forster (2008)
4.8: Above the Law - Andrew Davis (1988)
4.8: The Da Vinci Code - Ron Howard (2002)
4.8: John Wick: Chapter 4 - Chad Stahelski (2023)
4.7: Hard to Kill - Bruce Malmuth (1990)
4.5: Mission: Impossible II - John Woo (2000)
4.2: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Jonathan Mostow (2003)
3.7: On Deadly Ground - Steven Seagal (1994)
3.5: Gymkata - Robert Clouse (1985)

More…

Maybe Scarface (1936, 1980) … part hitman, part gangster…

Add…

Eastern Promises
Tenet … if I ever figure out a rating!?
Three Days of the Condor
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Salt
XXX
Secret Agent (Hitchcock)
Topaz
Scorpio
The American
Fair Game
Charlie Wilson’s War
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Charlie’s Angels
Eraser
Rogue One
The World is Not Enough
The Living Daylights
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
License to Kill
Hanna
The Kingdom (Jamie Foxx movie)
The Russia House
Marathon Man
Sabotage 1936
All the President’s Men
The Constant Gardener
Thirteen Days
X-men movies as applicable
Prizzis Honor
Grosse Point Blank
Branded to Kill - Suzuki
Fallen Angels Kar Wai
The Bodyguard Costner movie

To see…
Kingsmen
Bridge of Spies
The Raid 2
The Spy Who Came From the Cold
Taken

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:40:40 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 03/15/2026 02:40

Finishing updating Suicide s/t tracks (still may change)

Frankie Teardrop - Suicide - Suicide - Track #6 (1977) 7.4/10 to 7.7/10
Che - Suicide - Suicide - Track #7 (1977) 7.1/10
Ghost Rider - Suicide - Suicide - Track #1 (1977) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Rocket U.S.A. - Suicide - Suicide - Track #2 (1977) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Cheree - Suicide - Suicide - Track #3 (1977) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Girl - Suicide - Suicide - Track #5 (1977) Not Rated to 6.0/10
Johnny - Suicide - Suicide - Track #4 (1977) Not Rated to 5.5/10

Also, for Paintings/Sculpture, some misc Michelangelo updates

The Battle of the Centaurs - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1492) / Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy [Sculpture] 6.1/10 to 6.0/10
Madonna of the Stairs - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1489 - 1491) / Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy [Sculpture] 6.0/10 to 5.9/10
The Torment of Saint Anthony - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1487 - 1488) / Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, USA [Painting] 5.8/10 to 5.3/10
Pitti Tondo - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1503 - 1505; unfinished) / Museo nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy [Sculpture] 6.0/10 to 5.0/10
Tadei Tondo - Michelangelo Buonarotti (circa 1504 - 1505; unfinished) / Royal Academy of the Arts, London, England [Sculpture] 6.0/10 to 5.0/10

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

Facetious — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:46:01 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 03/14/2026 19:46

AfterHours wrote:

The most interesting films to watch out for are One Battle After Another and The Secret Agent. Will probably have my ratings of all the nominees up soon. I didn't dislike any of them, although F1 was by far the weakest imo.

Unfortunately I can't say Marty Supreme reaches the heights of Uncut Gems, but I was entertained enough that I didn't mind that it wasn't quite as frantic in its editing or as incisive and complex a character study. My guess is that relative to Uncut Gems' 7.3 it would be around a 7 for you.

Re: Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2020 - 2026)

AfterHours — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:27:01 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 03/14/2026 14:27

Facetious wrote:

Thoughts on the latest Best Picture nominees at the Oscars? Are you planning to check any of them out before the awards ceremony (not that this leaves much time to watch them, but still...)